Ludvig Aberg shot a gap nine-under-par 63 to take a two-shot lead within the Farmers Insurance coverage Open in San Diego on Wednesday.
Danny Walker and Hayden Springer every delivered a gap spherical of seven-under to tie for second place, with the previous having the most effective rating of the day on the harder South Course.
Åberg opened his spherical on the again 9 and obtained off to a quick begin with birdies on 4 of his first 5 holes. He delivered an eagle within the 520-yard seventeenth gap, his eighth of the day, and shot a 30 on his opening 9 holes.
After one other birdie on his tenth gap of the day, Åberg delivered his solely bogey on the 495-yard par-four second gap, then completed his day with three extra birdies.
“Felt like I was driving the ball really well,” Åberg stated. “Golf turns into quite a bit simpler when you are able to do that. Regardless that North is a bit bit simpler than South, it nonetheless presents its challenges and you’ve got nonetheless obtained to hit the pictures.
“Super happy with the way we kind of came out of the gates today and played some good golf.”
Walker carded his 65 whereas hitting all 18 greens in regulation to turn into simply the twelfth participant to perform the feat on the South Course since 1980. The PGA Tour rookie is the primary to do it since Martin Laird was 18-for-18 within the third spherical in 2019.
Walker was the one participant who opened up on the South Course to be inside 4 strokes of Aberg, alongside solely two others within the high 18.
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He hit each inexperienced in regulation, cashing in with seven birdies to hitch Springer who eagled his opening gap.
“Yeah, it was just fairways and greens. One of those days where the driver was working (and) really just never forced the issue out there,” Walker stated. “Was really just trying to hit the middle of the green a lot of times and then rolled in some putts.”.
Defending champion Matthieu Pavon struggled to a 1-over 73 on the South Course and is tied for one hundredth place.
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